Stamped Document Ongoing Accountability of Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/173#Stamped_Document_Ongoing_Accountability_of_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
StampedDocumentOngoingProfessionalAccountability
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StampedDocumentOngoingProfessionalAccountability
Applied to
38-sheet public improvement plan set
5-sheet grading plan set
Balancing with
Client property rights in plans
Engineer A's post-discharge disengagement
Concrete expression
Engineer A's seal and signature, left intact on materially altered plans, continued to represent a public certification of professional accountability for design decisions Engineer A never made — including changed elevations, deleted sheets, rerouted streets, and redesigned storm drains — creating ongoing professional exposure for Engineer A.
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Discharge by the client and physical transfer of the plans did not extinguish Engineer A's professional accountability for documents bearing their seal; Engineer A retained both the right and obligation to ensure their seal was not misused on altered work.
Invoked by
Engineer A Discharged Original Design Engineer
Tension resolution
The seal's public protection function overrides the engineer's post-discharge disengagement interest; Engineer A retained a professional stake in the integrity of documents bearing their certification.
Source Evidence
Source text
Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.
Text references
Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.
He made no notation of the changes, did not sign the plans, and left Engineer A's seal and signature intact.
The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles.
TTL
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case173:Stamped_Document_Ongoing_Accountability_of_Engineer_A a proeth:StampedDocumentOngoingProfessionalAccountability,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Stamped Document Ongoing Accountability of Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "38-sheet public improvement plan set",
"5-sheet grading plan set" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client property rights in plans",
"Engineer A's post-discharge disengagement" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's seal and signature, left intact on materially altered plans, continued to represent a public certification of professional accountability for design decisions Engineer A never made — including changed elevations, deleted sheets, rerouted streets, and redesigned storm drains — creating ongoing professional exposure for Engineer A." ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "173" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Discharge by the client and physical transfer of the plans did not extinguish Engineer A's professional accountability for documents bearing their seal; Engineer A retained both the right and obligation to ensure their seal was not misused on altered work." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Discharged Original Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Stamped Document Ongoing Professional Accountability" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The seal's public protection function overrides the engineer's post-discharge disengagement interest; Engineer A retained a professional stake in the integrity of documents bearing their certification." ;
proeth:textreferences "Each set had a cover sheet and all sheets in each set were signed and sealed by Engineer A.",
"He made no notation of the changes, did not sign the plans, and left Engineer A's seal and signature intact.",
"The client asked Engineer A for his original drawings. Engineer A complied, retaining a set of reproducibles." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 173 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:41:54.499345"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 173 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
173
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00
First case
173
Generated
2026-03-01T14:20:21.416449+00:00
Attributed to
Case 173 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:41:54.499345
Generated by
ProEthica Case 173 Extraction